Culinary strainer.



No.,718.247. PATENTED JAN. 13, 1903.

M. B. GOODRIGH. CULINARY STRAINER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 24, 1902.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARION B. GOODRIOH, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

CULINARY STRAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,247, dated January 13, 1903.

Application filed May 24, 1902. Serial No. 108,757. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, MARION B. GoonRIoH, a citizen of theUnited States of America, and a resident of St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Culinary Strainers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in culinary strainers. Its object is the production of a cleanly and convenient strainer which is cheap and simple in construction and in which the reticulated member may be readily changed to suit thevarying uses of the kitchen.

My invention consists of an open frame having a downwardly-projecting pivot at one side, a movable support in which said pivot is socketed, and a strainer detachably fastened at its open end to said frame.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved culinary strainer; and Fig. 2 is a detail plan View of the strainer, the frame being removed from the movable support.

In the drawings let A represent the frame, to which the strainer Bis detachably fastened by means of the depending lugs 2 on the frame and the loops 3, which are fastened to the open end of the strainer, as shown in Fig. 1. The frame A is circular in form and is provided with the downwardly-projecting pivot-standard 4, which is formed integral with the side of the frame A. A shoulder 5 is formed so as to rest upon the upper surface 6 of the support 0 when the strainer is used. The support 0 is an angle-clamp consisting of the vertical bar '7, through which the pivot-standard passes and in which it turns freely. The arms 8 and 9 are constructed integral with the vertical portion 7, and a thumb-screw 10 is threadedin the arm 8 for the purpose of clamping the support 0 to a table D or other stationary object between the arm 9 and the swivel-head 11 on the lower end of the screw 10. The strainer B is preferably constructed in the form ofa bag, to which the loops or tabs 3 are sewed or otherwise attached near its open end. By placing the bag in the frame and slipping the tabs over the lugs 2, as shown in Figs. 1 and2, the strainer is held in position. The strainer may be turned to difierent positions by swinging the frame on its pivot 4 in the angle-support 0. By making the frame A and the angle-support C detachable from each other I am able to substitute different-sized frames and strainers.

It is obvious that the strainer need not taper from its open to its closed ends, as shown in the drawings. It may be cylindrical or shallow and almost flat and still perform its functions.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device of the class described, consisting of an open frame provided with a downwardly-projecting pivot and downwardly-projecting lugs on the side of said frame, a strai nerhavin g loops adapted to attach to said lugs and a movable support having an opening to receive said pivot for the purposes specified.

2. A device of theclass set forth, consisting of an open frame having downwardly-projecting lugs, a strainer adapted to pass over the upper edge of said frame and down through the open space inside the frame, looptabs on the open end of the strainer passing down and outside said frame and adapted to engage said lugs for attaching the strainer to said frame, an angle-clamp, and a pivot connection between said frame and clamp, by means of which the frame is freely journaled.

3. A device of the class set forth, comprising in combination, with the angle-clamp C having a vertical bar '7, horizontal arms 8 and 9, and a thumb-screw 10 passing vertically through said arm 8, a horizontal ring having a vertical pivot 4 projecting down from its side through the vertical bar 7, lugs 2 projecting down from the lower edge of said ring, 

